Sessions

You know those students who make your day super difficult? Those who exhibit an ongoing pattern of uncooperative or hostile actions – such as temper tantrums, fighting, cruelty and defiance? Typically educators slip into a pattern of coercion and punishment. Non-disruptive peers start to reject them – isolating them and driving them to associate with other disruptive students. This path can lead to academic difficulties, poor relationships, substance abuse, delinquency and crime. But, these students may actually have a Disruptive Behavior Disorder – Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct Disorder and/or Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

In this session, author and behavioral consultant Mike Paget, M.Ed. will share effective practices for working with students challenged by these disorders in the classroom. He will examine each of the disorders – ODD, CD and IED – and connect the dots between the three. What does the student challenged by ODD think and feel about authority figures? Mike will share practical accommodations that will reduce confrontation with these students. Attendees will learn why getting tough and zero tolerance do not work with students challenged by CD and IED. Discover how educators can avoid power struggles and not take the behavior personally.

Learning Objectives:

• Know the risk factors for and symptoms of Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Conduct
• Disorder and Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
• Discover classroom accommodations and strategies for dealing with Disruptive Behavior Disorders.
• Gain strategies for de-escalating confrontational situations in your school or classroom.
• Learn why it’s important to avoid lectures, interruption, yelling and arguing.
• Learn to use more successful approaches including brevity, listening, neutral tone of voice, honesty and humor.
• Discover how to build self-management through strength coaching, generosity and re-framing.